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Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Davros1 posted:

Looks like Shane Douglas on HGH, wrestles in black jeans that restricts his movements.

just watchjed a youtube of him doing moves - i will admit he has a really really good dropkick and that Jeff Cobb-esque "reverse direction midway" into bulldog is pretty much the best bulldog i have ever seen

he also looks like if Snitsky had hair

doesn't scream superstar, he's closer to a Dexter Lumis level

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MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
Hammerstone is profoundly boring and had one of the lamest twitter presences a year ago.

TTBF
Sep 14, 2005



Didn't Hammerstone use a slur for cheap heat during a match and then throw a twitter fit about how "you can't heel anymore"?

e: there at least three wrestlers who did this in 2019 that I unfollowed on Twitter because they did this and I think he was one.

TTBF fucked around with this message at 05:00 on Feb 6, 2021

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012

Hammerstone was decent from what I saw of him in NOAH but having good matches with Go Shiozaki and Naomichi Marufuji isn't a huge achievement

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Davros1 posted:

His finisher is a vertical suplex dropped into a Side-Effect (Matt Morgan's old finisher), and he always seems like he's about to botch it every time he does it.

Also, the wrestling in black jeans is not a good look for him.

and then he had the gall to poo poo-talk Goto's Shoten-kai lmao

Mob
May 7, 2002

Me reading your posts

Hammerstone is a much less interesting Megabyte Ronnie, take that however you wish

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

never seen that hammerbone rear end in a top hat before. throws a good dropkick

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

TTBF posted:

Didn't Hammerstone use a slur for cheap heat during a match and then throw a twitter fit about how "you can't heel anymore"?

e: there at least three wrestlers who did this in 2019 that I unfollowed on Twitter because they did this and I think he was one.

I don't know if he used a slur but his twitter gimmick for a few months was how you can't get heat anymore.

JUNGLE BOY
Sep 23, 2019

the m word?

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

Lid posted:

doesn't scream superstar, he's closer to a Dexter Lumis level

He absolutely exudes "generic" quality.

Dr. Baker
Jan 25, 2012

Numb me, drill me
Floss me, bill me
I saw Hammerstone on an indie show when he had long hair. The crowd chanted Triple H at him. Then he won via Pedigree. The building popped hard.

Lamuella
Jun 26, 2003

It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.


Davros1 posted:

Looks like Shane Douglas on HGH, wrestles in black jeans that restricts his movements.

The major thing restricting his movement is that he's not very good.

Qoey
Jun 2, 2014
Hammerstone feels like his peak is going to be MLW

Not meant to be a dig against MLW, but it is meant to be a dig against Hammerstone

Glass Punkbull 141
Jan 9, 2008

This is the face of a winner. This is what winning looks like.
The most memorable thing about Hammerstone is his name.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



He should change his name to Armie Hammerstone and do the cannibal gimmick.

CopywrightMMXI
Jun 1, 2011

One time a guy stole some downhill skis out of my jeep and I was so mad I punched a mailbox. I'm against crime, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
I don’t think Hammerstone is quite as dumb as people thin-

https://twitter.com/alexhammerstone/status/1358136661083787265?s=21


Oh.

Prokhor Zakharov
Dec 31, 2008

This is me as I make another great post


Good luck with your depression!

CopywrightMMXI posted:

I don’t think Hammerstone is quite as dumb as people thin-

https://twitter.com/alexhammerstone/status/1358136661083787265?s=21


Oh.

already gone

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


Kross is gonna be the next Rock level guy.

Will transcend wrestling.

— Hammerstone (@alexhammerstone)

Dawgstar
Jul 15, 2017

I don't think our dude here knows how far back wrestling forums go.

https://twitter.com/slick2099/status/1357924975420801025

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Dawgstar posted:

I don't think our dude here knows how far back wrestling forums go.

https://twitter.com/slick2099/status/1357924975420801025

he also doesn't remember when Smoky Mountain folded

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

Mid-90's, unless I'm mistaken.

Cornette was working exclusively for the WWF by 97, possibly a year or so earlier.

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Vagabundo posted:

Mid-90's, unless I'm mistaken.

Cornette was working exclusively for the WWF by 97, possibly a year or so earlier.

SMW folded in 1995

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

Had a look, and Cornette had been working with the WWF since 1993 (I'd legit forgotten he'd started managing Yokozuna since around the Lex Express American Hero Lex Luger feud), and used this to get some WWF talent to appear on SMW.

That period had some wild appearances though. I remember watching a Michinoku Pro match from around 95 or 96, where Hakushi took on Undertaker.

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

How could anyone forget Gigolo Jimmy Del Ray in the WWF

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR
https://twitter.com/NJPWFanClubNA/status/1358040259540340737
https://twitter.com/NJPWFanClubNA/status/1358206935531548672

Starting to think Harold might run this account.

karmicknight
Aug 21, 2011
The Harold Meij stan account cannot be real, has to be astroturf.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Harold Meij defender has logged on.

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
Why is NJPW memory holing Meij? I must've missed something huge.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Lid posted:

Why is NJPW memory holing Meij? I must've missed something huge.

He got pushed out of his position in fall of last year so evidently there are some bad feelings among the new executive staff.

TTBF
Sep 14, 2005



He said he'd double the profits in two years or they could fire him and well, he didn't and they did. While he was there he seemed to not be very well liked, especially by foreign talent.

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
The Coward Harold meme was catching on and they had to get rid of him

Ringo Roadagain
Mar 27, 2010

Harold was cool

TTBF posted:

He said he'd double the profits in two years or they could fire him and well, he didn't and they did. While he was there he seemed to not be very well liked, especially by foreign talent.
I think it wasn’t that he would double profits but that he would increase revenue to 10 billion yen and he only managed to reach 5 billion. Also the thing about him not being liked came from foreign wrestlers who like you said did not like him so he ho knows how the Japanese talent felt about him. Not sure if anything else has been reported on it though.

Ringo Roadagain fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Feb 7, 2021

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
He pissed off Chono and you don't piss off Chono

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

in the beginning there was nothing. harold drew a purple moon to shine down on njpw. he drew a purple flowery path for njpw and its stars to walk along and prosper. then he drew a purple noose

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Going to TV Asahi to ban Chono from 2019 G1 commentary was just a monumentally stupid decision

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer

SatoshiMiwa posted:

Going to TV Asahi to ban Chono from 2019 G1 commentary was just a monumentally stupid decision

What's the story behind this happening?

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Punch McLightning posted:

What's the story behind this happening?

Chono on commentary for the 2018 G1 finals was critical of the US style angles including what led to the Never open 6 man title match and Harold didn't take it well

Pinche Rudo
Feb 8, 2005

Jumping on the Hammerstone stuff from earlier he broke Savior Vega's legs with his finisher. He was also a massive rear end in a top hat to the fans at a local indie show where he's the champion. I believe the plan last Feb/March before COVID was to have Will Hobbs beat him for the title

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
https://twitter.com/NJPWFanClubNA/status/1358597850674860032

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karmicknight
Aug 21, 2011
https://twitter.com/NJPWFanClubNA/status/1357184113703198722

A super normal one.

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